2025 Compare Cities Education:
Simsbury, CT vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 32.3% less per student than Simsbury.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% higher in Bloomington than in Simsbury. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Simsbury
 Simsbury, CTBloomington, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,830  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5904573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Simsbury    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

We've lived in Simsbury for over 24 years, relocated here by choice because of the small town feel and quality of education. We made the right choice, cost of living is  More

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Over 16 years ago

I lived in Simsbury for 1 1/2 yrs. The cost of housing as a whole is expensive. Homes are a bit more than surrounding areas, but the property tax is what drives up the  More

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Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 11 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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